Top 10 Songs You Need in Your Life During Fire Safety Month

October! Its a month of spooky stuff, football games and, because it is National Fire Safety Month, fire prevention.  I took a very unofficial Red Cross poll of staff and volunteers across the Midwest, and they ranked the following songs as the best fire songs of all time.

10. Rooms on Fire by Stevie Nicks – “Every time that you walk in a room” in your home remember the two ways to escape in case of a fire. Everyone in the family should know this for every room in your home.

 

9. Fire by the Pointer Sisters – Fire can “have a hold on you right from the start”, so in case of a fire… Get out, stay out and call 9-1-1.

 

10 Secrets a Red Cross Volunteer Will Never Tell You

1. They love when they get a call that wakes them up in the middle of the night.

These Kansas City volunteers, including one of my favorite guys, Carl, are helping after an apartment complex fire.

2. Being “chained to a desk” is one of their favorite parts of the week.

Knock on Wood

Truly, I did this to myself. A couple weeks ago, I was at a Red Cross event chatting with a donor about how he had been sick. Did I respond with general niceties and concern? Of course not! I said something no one in their right mind should ever say, “I haven’t been sick in a long time, knock on wood.”

FYI… The phrase “knock on wood” has no magical power.

Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead

Babysitting… it can be a traumatizing experience if you don’t know what you are doing, but as a parent it can be a horror movie experience if you don’t have the right person watching your kid.  Take this classic movie, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, for example…

Okay, okay… I know.  That is a lot of Hollywood.  What mom would leave her kids for 2 months? Before you answer that, let me rephrase.  What mom would leave her kids for two months with someone they don’t know well? Now, check out this Red Cross babysitting video snippet.

I know this video is full of worse case scenarios, but in truth, they could really happen.  That is why it is important to have a Red Cross babysitter.  Our training teaches tweens and teens about how to respond to a grease fire and even a superhero kid that wants to test out his new cape.

We have the in person class and the online class.  Check them out today!